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Wing-shell :: Wing-shell (n.) Any one of various species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the genus Avicula, in which the hinge border projects like a wing..

Shackle :: Shackle (n.) The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple..

Cardo :: Cardo (n.) The hinge of a bivalve shell.

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) The piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch..

Flap :: Flap (v.) A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter..

Porthook :: Porthook (n.) One of the iron hooks to which the port hinges are attached.

Joint :: "Joint (n.) A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket joint. See Articulation..

Pan :: Pan (n.) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge..

Gudgeon :: Gudgeon (n.) The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge, but esp. the end journal of a horizontal..

Turnkey :: Turnkey (n.) An instrument with a hinged claw, -- used for extracting teeth with a twist..

Sag :: Sag (v. i.) To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges..

Ginglymoidal :: Ginglymoidal (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a ginglymus, or hinge joint; ginglyform..

Knuckle :: Knuckle (n.) The joining pars of a hinge through which the pin or rivet passes; a knuckle joint.

Hinge :: Hinge (n.) The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on..

Verticle :: Verticle (n.) An axis; hinge; a turning point.

Pintle :: Pintle (n.) The pivot pin of a hinge.

Anodon :: Anodon (n.) A genus of fresh-water bivalves, having no teeth at the hinge..

Butt Hinge :: Butt hinge () See 1st Butt, 10..

Harre :: Harre (n.) A hinge.

Hinge :: Hinge (v. t.) To attach by, or furnish with, hinges..

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